Pacsay Attila
Composer
Place of Birth
Veszprém
Date of Birth
1970
Attila Pacsay (born October 30, 1970) is a Hungarian composer who is particularly known for his music written for films, television, and the theatre. His compositions encompass a wide variety of music from chamber music and symphonic works to jazz pieces and contemporary music.
He began his musical studies in piano, trumpet, and trombone at age 7. A few years later, he started preparing for a career as composer. His compositions were performed by his own band. At age 14, he was accepted in the composition class of László Draskóczy and Attila Reményi at the János Richter Conservatory in the city of Győr. He received his college degree in composition at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, where he studied in the class of Emil Petrovics. After graduation, Mr. Pacsay began working as freelancer. Initially, he composed music for television and radio programs, and, in 1997, he met his childhood musician friend the director Géza M. Tóth, who was searching for a composer for his animated films. Their collaboration resulted in hundreds of short animated television ID-s and several animated short films. During these years, besides film scores, Mr. Pacsay composed music for theater and prepared symphonic music arrangements.
Pacsay has collaborated on films with such notable directors as Ferenc Rofusz, Ferenc Cako, and Géza M. Tóth. For his work on the film Ergo he won the award for Best Sound Design at the Animanima International Animation Festival in 2008, the prize for Best Film Score at the Kecskemet Animation Film Festival[1] (KAFF) in 2009, the award for Best Film Music at the Asolo Art Film Festival in 2010 and Best Sound Design Award at the ANIFEST ROZAFA 2010, Albania. For the music and sound design of Geza M. Toth's short feature film Mama he won "The Leo" Best Music Award at the 23rd Braunschweig Film Festival in 2009, and he was awarded a KAFF prize for Best Music in 2011 for his work on Sophie Tari's Szofita Land.[2] He also notably wrote the music for the computer animated short film Maestro which was nominated for Best Animated Short Film during the 79th Academy Awards in 2007.
He began his musical studies in piano, trumpet, and trombone at age 7. A few years later, he started preparing for a career as composer. His compositions were performed by his own band. At age 14, he was accepted in the composition class of László Draskóczy and Attila Reményi at the János Richter Conservatory in the city of Győr. He received his college degree in composition at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, where he studied in the class of Emil Petrovics. After graduation, Mr. Pacsay began working as freelancer. Initially, he composed music for television and radio programs, and, in 1997, he met his childhood musician friend the director Géza M. Tóth, who was searching for a composer for his animated films. Their collaboration resulted in hundreds of short animated television ID-s and several animated short films. During these years, besides film scores, Mr. Pacsay composed music for theater and prepared symphonic music arrangements.
Pacsay has collaborated on films with such notable directors as Ferenc Rofusz, Ferenc Cako, and Géza M. Tóth. For his work on the film Ergo he won the award for Best Sound Design at the Animanima International Animation Festival in 2008, the prize for Best Film Score at the Kecskemet Animation Film Festival[1] (KAFF) in 2009, the award for Best Film Music at the Asolo Art Film Festival in 2010 and Best Sound Design Award at the ANIFEST ROZAFA 2010, Albania. For the music and sound design of Geza M. Toth's short feature film Mama he won "The Leo" Best Music Award at the 23rd Braunschweig Film Festival in 2009, and he was awarded a KAFF prize for Best Music in 2011 for his work on Sophie Tari's Szofita Land.[2] He also notably wrote the music for the computer animated short film Maestro which was nominated for Best Animated Short Film during the 79th Academy Awards in 2007.
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| ...és már senki sem! (Tíz kicsi néger!) | Music for the theater | 2005 |
| The Myth Inside Us | Film music | 2006 |
| Ambassadors of the Cosmos | Film music | 2017 |
| Tall Tales | Film music | 2019 |
| Face | Film music | 2007 |
| The Last Supper | Film music | 2019 |
| Things of Life | Film music | 1999 |
| Budapest Noir | Film music | 2017 |
| Crash | Film music | 2003 |
| Deja Vu | Film music | 2004 |
| Detti and Drót | Film music | 2009 |
| Dog´s Life | Film music | 2004 |
| A Year in Hoppiland | Film music | 2017 |
| Ergo | Film music | 2007 |
| L’Argent et L’euro / Money and the Euro | Film music | 2006 |
| Freeze! | Film music | 2009 |
| H, J, H, M | Instrumental solo | 2016 |
| Fever at Dawn | Film music | 2014 |
| Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks | Film music | 2014 |
| Heaven´s Vanguard | Film music | 2013 |
| Henry Waltz | Film music | 2011 |
| Confessors and Traitors | Film music | 2009 |
| Hoppi Tales | Film music | 2015 |
| It Happened in TLV | Film music | 2011 |
| The Carer | Film music | 2016 |
| East of Paris | Film music | 2013 |
| Lady with Long Hair | Film music | 2012 |
| Maestro | Film music | 2005 |
| Mama | Film music | 2009 |
| Müpa: The Gift | Film music | 2021 |
| Don´t Move | Film music | 2009 |
| Orsolya | Film music | 2009 |
| Patrick and Theo | Film music | 2011 |
| Piroska´s World | Film music | 1999 |
| Post Mortem | Film music | 2020 |
| Poetry | Film music | 2005 |
| Soldat Pulcinella | Music for the theater | 2004 |
| Reprise | Film music | 2006 |
| Szofita Land | Film music | 2010 |
| Tespi Tales (Episode No. 1: Stimulated Economy) | Film music | 2009 |
| The Exile | Film music | 2014 |
| Trezor | Film music | 2018 |
| FROM - TO | Film music | 1999 |
| The Story of Urasima Taro | Film music | 2000 |
| Final Report | Film music | 2020 |
| Halfway Home | Film music | 2022 |
| Touch | Film music | 2009 |